Comments on: Universal Binary Watch: Guitar Rig, Kontakt, Traktor, Reaktor, and More; Komplete Care Shipping

By: formant5

formant5 — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 04:41:49 +0000

BTW: it’s now Dec 2 and NI still hasn’t delivered Komplete 4 to many of us Komplete Care 2006 customers. I’ve been told twice that it would be here “by the end of the week” and 2 “end of the weeks” have gone by with no Komplete 4…

By: Create Digital Music » NI Updates: Intel-Native Kontakt and Reaktor; Kontakt 2.2, KORE 1.1 Add New Features

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:49:48 +0000

[...] Okay, Mac-using Native Instruments fans: your ship has finally come in. Two of the most awaited Universal Binary versions are here this week, in the form of Kontakt 2.2 and Reaktor 5.1.2 (as I predicted here on CDM). The update will cost you US$29 at most, and if you purchased after September 12 or own Komplete, the updates are free. (The Universal edition of Guitar Rig was announced last week.) If you’ve been waiting for the software, or waiting for an excuse to buy a new MacBook, this could make your day: [...]

By: Seba

Seba — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:22:19 +0000

“IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been following the forums on this for a while, and I wouldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have expected Kontakt UB in the next week. It was after all, promised for October, and then promised again for Ã¢â‚¬Å“a few daysÃ¢â‚¬Â? at the beginning of November.”

Actually, it’s been promised since 2nd Quarter 2006, for those of us who have been waiting almost a year for UB Kontakt… :(

By: octatone

octatone — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:07:29 +0000

’bout freekin time.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:28:37 +0000

I’ve been following the forums on this for a while, and I wouldn’t have expected Kontakt UB in the next week. It was after all, promised for October, and then promised again for “a few days” at the beginning of November.

Do you have insider info on these release dates, other than what’s published on the NI page (http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=intelmac_us ), and on the forums? If so, I am so psyched!

By: Formant Five

Formant Five — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:57:15 +0000

I’ve got Komplete Care and haven’t received the Komplete 4 upgrade in the US yet. They have a page buried on their website where you can check the status of your upgrade. Mine says it shipped October 25. I suppose since they *already* have the money, they’re not going to ship a cheaply as possible. So Komplete Kare customers are an expense against revenue that was realized in the past (hey, what have you done for me lately?). I guess that’s why “support plans” like this are generally a bad idea for customers. You pay ahead with no real committment from the vendor to follow through.

By: Seba

Seba — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:21:10 +0000

“On a more sour NI note, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve been tipped off that there are quite a few disgruntled Komplete Care owners waiting on Komplete 4.”

A few? You mean the everyone with Komplete Care in the US?

Canadians have only just started getting theirs.

I’m not a Komplete Care owner, but I know that they were supposed to have been given priority treatment in regard to new releases, but retail buyers have been running Komplete 4 for almost 2 months now. Some Komplete Care owners have been hoping to get their money’s worth of updates since Dec. ‘05 and earlier. It’s pretty rediculous really.

By: roland

roland — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:29:14 +0000

Good news, looking forward to running REaktor on an Intel chip…..

By: Create Film Scores » Blog Archive » More Native Instruments Universal Binaries Coming?

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:18:53 +0000

[...] According to Peter Kirn from Create Digital Music, Native Instruments will be releasing Kontakt, Traktor and Reaktor Universal Binaries updates in the next few weeks. [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:07:26 +0000

Based on my experiences with NI you should write the following sentence in red 80 pt. capital letters:

“note that sometimes last-minute delays can hold things up”

;-)